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Expandable metal stents for non-malignant bronchial obstruction
R A Fox1, R De L Stanbridge, J Brown
1Department of Thoracic Medicine, London Chest Hospital, UK.
Thorax
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
An expandable metal stent was inserted to relieve bronchial obstruction following lobectomy for localised squamous carcinoma which had not been relieved by bronchoplasty with a Goretex flap. This resulted in substantial improvement in lung function and exercise tolerance for nine months, following which severe inflammation around the stents required residual pneumonectomy.